Kenneth Alexander WOOD

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WOOD, Kenneth Alexander

Service Number:	419363
Enlisted:	18 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit
Born:	Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1920
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.R.B.3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 419363
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419363

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of George James Leonard and Mary Louisa Wood

Husband of Emily Jean Wood of West Footscray, Victoria

RAAF Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-49 from Number 1 Aircraft Performance Unit Laverton crashed near Whittlesea, Victoria (Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-92 was also lost on this mission) - all onboard were killed:

Flying Officer Ralph Langley Erskine 419119

Flying Officer Kenneth Alexander Wood 419363

Sergeant Philip West 41360 (passenger)

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